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Fallen Leaves
Why this pick
Kaurismäki’s same deadpan Helsinki world turns modest jobs, spare dialogue, and unlikely connection into tender, quietly comic humanism.
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MOVIE2017 1h 41m FIN
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Shadows in Paradise
Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Helsinki, Waldemar a traveling shirt salesman quarrels with his wife and leaves her. He decides to exit his business and sells his remaining shirts. He gambles his newfound cash at a poker game and wins big. With his winnings he buys a restaurant. His three employees are initially skeptical of Waldemar's attempts to reinvigorate their restaurant.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ilkka Koivula
Calamnius
Tommi Korpela
Melartin
Timo Torikka
Police at the Station
Dome Karukoski
Huligan at the Bus Stop
Ville Virtanen
Judicial Authority
Janne Hyytiäinen
Nyrhinen
Kaija Pakarinen
Wikström's Wife
Sakari Kuosmanen
Waldemar Wikström